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<p><img alt="Image credit: MYTHS" hspace="10" src="http://www.mythsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MYTHSpromo_mirror_sm.jpg" style="float: left;" width="450"></p><p><em><a href="http://www.mythsmusic.com/">MYTHS</a> </em>is a band that makes me like living in Vancouver. Nicknamed <a href="http://www.nofuncity.org/" target="_blank">No Fun City</a> due to the near extinction of live music venues, <a href="http://themainlander.com/2012/08/14/olympics-louis/" target="_blank">post-Olympic broken promises of affordable housing</a>&nbsp;by municipal government, and recently rated the<a href="http://www.globaltvbc.com/vancouver+now+the+most+expensive+city+in+north+america/6442580994/story.html" target="_blank">&nbsp;most expensive city in North America</a>...there is, well, a lot to dislike about Vancouver (sigh, I miss Portland). Well known for producing hook-soaked indie pop (double sigh), Vancouver's scrappier self-made experimental music community has crowned Lief Hall and Quinne Rodgers our queens. &nbsp;</p><p>Since forming in 2010, the women of <em>MYTHS</em> have written and produced a live electronic opera,&nbsp;<em><a href="http://exclaim.ca/News/myths_to_debut_electronic_opera_in_vancouver_this_month">The Golden Dawn</a></em>, (best described using a long line of exclamation points),&nbsp;<a href="http://realmyths.bandcamp.com/">released a seven-track self-titled album</a>, and co-directed the video below that would make <em><a href="/post/b-sides-video-dance-party">Planningtorock</a></em> proud. &nbsp;</p><p><u>WARNING: Video may not be safe for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy.</u></p><p>&nbsp;<object height="315" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/965HmWLHl6s?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/965HmWLHl6s?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560"></object></p><p>The electroccult duo's live sets are like handmade multimedia worlds—expect synths, blacklit paper mache forests, interpretive dance, kaleidoscopic costumes, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mythsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/snowfall.gif">animation</a>; but mostly, to be smashed to smithereens by Hall and Rodgers' vocal (dis)harmonies. In September, <em>MYTHS</em> will be kicking off a&nbsp;<a href="http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/46781/c839ce05.png">US/Canada tour with Grimes and Elite Gymnastics</a>. Go!!!!!!!!!</p><p><strong>♡♡♡The Mythical Gymnastics Tour♡♡♡&nbsp;</strong></p><p>September 20th / Montreal, QC – POP Montreal, Club Soda<br>
September 21st / Toronto, ON – Lee's Palace<br>
September 25th / Hudson, NY – Basilica Hudson<br>
September 26th / Boston, MA – Paradise<br>
September 27th / Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer<br>
September 28th / Baltimore, MD – The Coward Shoe<br>
September 29th / Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall<br>
October 1st / Atlanta, GA – The Basement<br>
October 2nd / Birmingham, AL – Bottletree<br>
October 3rd / Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge<br>
October 5th / Dallas, TX – INDEX Festival @ Trees<br>
October 6th / Austin, TX – Emo's East<br>
October 8th / Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom<br>
October 9th / Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre<br>
October 10th / Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre<br>
October 11th / San Diego, CA – Porters Pub<br>
October 15th / Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge<br>
October 16th / Seattle, WA – Neumos<br>
October 17th / Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom<br>
October 19th / Calgary, Alberta – Saits The Gateway<br>
October 20th / Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Louis Pub<br>
October 21st / Winnipeg, MB – Pyramid Cabaret<br>
October 22nd / Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater<br>
October 23rd / Chicago, IL – Metro<br>
October 25th / Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg<br>
October 26th / New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom<br>
October 27th / New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom<br>
October 28th / Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg</p><p><strong>Previously:</strong> <a href="/post/b-sides-waxahatchee-for-the-changing-seasons-katie-crutchfield-feminist-magazine-music">Waxahatchee for the Changing Seasons</a>, <a href="/post/b-sides-in-defense-of-new-jersey-screaming-females-feminist-magazine-punk-band">In Defense of New Jersey, Screaming Females</a></p>http://bitchmagazine.org/post/b-sides-myths-feminist-magazine-music-women-rock-vancouver#commentsb-sidesCanadaexperimental musicfemale artistsmultimediamythswomen making electronic musicMusicThu, 30 Aug 2012 17:12:31 +0000mel mundell18490 at http://bitchmagazine.orgElectro Feminisms: So Long and Thanks For All The Beatshttp://bitchmagazine.org/post/electro-feminisms-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-beats
<p>So yes, as today is my last post and science fiction has been a bit of a subtheme here, it seems fitting to drop a Douglas Adams reference (I tried to think of a recognisable LeGuin but failed!). I've loved to doing this series, it's been lovely showcasing some of the many wonderful female artists who've produced, played on, sung on, been sampled in, written about and djed electronic music in its many forms.</p>
<p>There's so much more I meant to get to, things like: thinking about the singer/producer relationship more, the different ways Madonna and Bjork have been electronic as well as pop artists, what it'd mean to see a singer-as-a-kind-of-curator of musical trends, the <a href="http://www.electrogals.org/Electrogals">Electrogals</a> collective in Portland which puts on events and festivals and how-to workshops in hip-hop electronic music, and exploring the racial dynamics of genre categorisation. And I wanted to talk about Mrs Jynx's album <em>The Standoffish Cat</em>, just because I love that record.</p>
<p>But sadly, there's only so much material you can cram in to such a rich topic. For more, I heartily recommend following the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wemusic">Women in Electronic Music</a> group on Facebook, which one kind reader posted in one of my earlier posts. I'd like to again recommend the <a href="http://bitchmagazine/post/electro-feminisms-pink-noises"><em>Pink Noises</em> collection by Tara Rodgers</a>, it's a good book packed with lots of ideas from women in the industry. But it's not the end point, it's just the beginning. This is the point where if I had magic powers I'd make you all Electro Slayers and give you the ability to program drum machines and dj beat match. </p>
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</embed></object><p><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/emily-in-love/emily-in-love-remember-when-2">Emily In Love - Remember When</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/emily-in-love">Emily In Love</a></span> I'm going to leave you with some shameless showing off. The above song is one that I wrote the music for and produced the beats, and then co-wrote the lyrics with my friends Pia (main vocal) and Fiona (backing vocal) who make up our band Emily In Love. The three of us recorded the song in the Australian summer, laying out melody lines on a nearby piano and writing lyrics around a table as we drank beer. When I think about being a woman in electronic music, I remember not only the macho bullshit, but also the other women who taught me to dj, whose sets I've danced hard through, the women I've swapped records with, and the women I've shared the recording studio with - a process that's not complete without the beer, cigarettes, cups of tea, and the camaraderie of making something new together.</p>
<p>Thanks to Bitch for having me and Kelsey in particular for being a great editor. And you, dear readers, thank you all for your comments and recommendations; I hope in turn I inspired you to check out some new artists yourself. I can as always be found editing and writing at <a href="http://www.globalcomment.com">Global Comment</a> and blogging at <a href="http://www.tigerbeatdown.com">Tiger Beatdown.</a></p>
<p>And that's about it for me. Ta-rah! xx</p>
http://bitchmagazine.org/post/electro-feminisms-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-beats#commentselectro feminismsemily in loveEmily Manuelwomen making electronic musicMusicFri, 03 Jun 2011 17:50:30 +0000emily_mcavan10602 at http://bitchmagazine.org